Emma Zwart presents the findings of her Porcine Astrovirus Type 4 study and the best sampling techniques she discovered for detection and surveillance of this virus.

Rafe Royall will serve as a new assistant professor and SDSU extension swine specialist and Kaylyn Rudy is the new SDSU extension swine field specialist.

USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins says the agency is hyper-focused on poultry, but no vaccine is yet available. The agency has ‘separate work streams’ to address the virus in the ‘cattle and dairy’ industries, but dairy is not part of USDA’s primary focus for now.

Tariff whiplash is consuming the commodity markets — and the possible impact is stirring up quite the debate. At present, President Trump says he’s sticking to his plan to impose additional tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China starting April 2.

Even with an improved outlook,Ever.Ag chief economist Lee Schulz says his forecast points to another tough reality: producers won’t get back to break-even levels on their balance sheets until August of this year, a testament to just how steep losses were in 2023.

Check out Sterling Marketing’s Pork Profit Tracker for the week ending March 14.